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Florida Governor Scott is Sued by Teachers’ Union
The Florida Education Associate announced today it has filed a class action lawsuit against Gov. Rick Scott and other trustess of the state retirement plan for unconstitutionally imposing a …
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“The Fight-Back Has Begun” to Reclaim the American Dream
An email the Campaign for America's Future sent to its supporters a few weeks ago with the subject line “How Would You Take Back The American Dream?” kicked off …
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Clarence Thomas Decided Three Cases Where AEI Filed a Brief After AEI Gave Him a $15,000 Gift
In 2001, a conservative, corporate-aligned think tank called the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) gave Justice Clarence Thomas the gift of a $15,000 bust of Abraham Lincoln. At the ceremony …
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Open Lands, Closed Books
A series of reports by the Oakland Institute charge that several prominent American universities — including Harvard and Vanderbilt Universities and Spelman College — are investing in hedge funds …
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The Mouth That Roared Begins a New “Countdown“
Keith Olbermann returned to cable television on Monday mad as hell and pointedly madder than other self-described liberal anchors on his former channel, MSNBC.
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“Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future“
(Image: Knopf) “Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future” is the Truthout Progressive Pick of the Week. The Federal Reserve Board, arguably the most …
Attacking Libya – and the Dictionary
On a guided government tour, two boys stand in the rubble of a home that was allegedly bombed by NATO in the Arada neighborhood of Tripoli, Libya, on June …
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As Secession Nears, Sudan Steps Up Drive to Stop Rebels
The Sudanese Army and its allied militias have gone on an unsparing rampage to crush rebel fighters in the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan, bombing thatch-roofed villages, executing elders, …
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Obama to Announce Plans for Afghan Surge Pullout
Washington - President Obama plans to announce his decision on the scale and pace of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan in a speech on Wednesday evening, an administration official said …
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Canada May Have the Cure For US’s Medicare Ailment
Crystal Bentley is examined by Dr. Tom Novak at a clinic in Oshawa, Canada. (Photo: Donald Weber for The New York Times) I keep hearing people say …